State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,313 Indiana births in 1921 across 827 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Indiana more than they say America.

#83Lowell#199 nationally
#37Rosemary#128 nationally
#74Marcella#159 nationally
#100Forrest#180 nationally
#82Delbert#156 nationally
#96Bette#169 nationally
#97Gene#170 nationally
#40Max#112 nationally
#62Naomi#132 nationally
#86Keith#153 nationally
#89Olive#154 nationally
#87Roberta#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,632US #1
#2Dorothy1,073US #2
#3Betty1,044US #8
#4Helen972US #3
#5Ruth777US #5
#6Margaret717US #4
#7Virginia658US #6
#8Mildred542US #7
#9Martha536US #21
#10Marjorie492US #16
#11Evelyn412US #12
#12Frances395US #9
#13Anna345US #11
#14Doris341US #13
#15Elizabeth327US #10
#16Alice286US #15
#17Thelma263US #30
#18Wilma241US #72
#19Lois232US #38
#20Norma227US #51
#21Jean226US #25
#22Esther225US #42
#23Florence207US #17
#24Irene192US #18
#25Phyllis191US #60
#26Ruby188US #26
#27Edna187US #27
#28Lillian185US #19
#29Marie183US #14
#30Lucille181US #31
#31Maxine177US #77
#32Catherine175US #23
#33Gladys174US #24
#34June173US #50
#35Pauline167US #37
#36Kathryn164US #64
#37Rosemary163US #128
#38Barbara161US #40
#39Juanita161US #57
#40Hazel160US #34
#41Clara155US #45
#42Edith154US #33
#43Louise150US #22
#44Rose147US #20
#45Ethel139US #32
#46Violet136US #81
#47Josephine135US #28
#48Wanda135US #101
#49Eleanor133US #29
#50Jane130US #47
#51Emma120US #52
#52Vivian120US #68
#53Geraldine119US #62
#54Vera116US #76
#55Katherine115US #49
#56Elsie109US #55
#57Kathleen106US #83
#58Marian106US #69
#59Charlotte104US #79
#60Alma101US #78
#61Eva100US #63
#62Naomi96US #132
#63Bernice95US #39
#64Beulah94US #116
#65Julia94US #58
#66Agnes93US #56
#67Viola92US #66
#68Grace90US #35
#69Patricia89US #84
#70Mabel88US #85
#71Bertha86US #59
#72Jeanne84US #109
#73Laura83US #71
#74Marcella83US #159
#75Sarah83US #54
#76Eileen82US #100
#77Geneva82US #113
#78Alberta81US #133
#79Beatrice81US #41
#80Leona81US #92
#81Opal80US #103
#82Gertrude78US #46
#83Ellen77US #95
#84Joan76US #142
#85Genevieve74US #90
#86Margie73US #106
#87Roberta73US #148
#88Nellie72US #80
#89Olive72US #154
#90Anne70US #70
#91Audrey69US #82
#92Velma68US #108
#93Bessie67US #75
#94Ida67US #67
#95Ann66US #53
#96Bette66US #169
#97Stella65US #86
#98Bonnie63US #151
#99Georgia63US #117
#100Ella62US #89

Boys

#1Robert2,254US #2
#2William1,340US #3
#3John1,320US #1
#4James1,189US #4
#5Charles1,122US #5
#6Richard649US #10
#7George616US #6
#8Paul559US #14
#9Harold522US #12
#10Donald496US #13
#11Joseph446US #7
#12Edward374US #8
#13Ralph351US #23
#14Kenneth336US #22
#15Jack332US #18
#16Raymond326US #16
#17Harry303US #21
#18Eugene287US #26
#19Walter285US #15
#20Frank276US #9
#21Thomas265US #11
#22Carl263US #30
#23Warren232US #24
#24Earl230US #31
#25Howard230US #27
#26Arthur229US #19
#27Clarence212US #28
#28David185US #25
#29Albert179US #20
#30Russell177US #52
#31Roy176US #32
#32Lawrence161US #37
#33Wayne143US #81
#34Henry142US #17
#35Fred141US #33
#36Francis138US #35
#37Lloyd135US #58
#38Norman135US #46
#39Floyd131US #63
#40Max128US #112
#41Dale127US #93
#42Ernest127US #38
#43Louis126US #29
#44Herbert121US #42
#45Gerald119US #60
#46Lester119US #66
#47Chester114US #56
#48Melvin114US #53
#49Leonard108US #39
#50Frederick106US #61
#51Bernard105US #45
#52Wilbur105US #100
#53Joe101US #36
#54Elmer99US #48
#55Maurice98US #101
#56Virgil98US #98
#57Ray97US #67
#58Edwin95US #54
#59Marvin92US #59
#60Glenn89US #80
#61Herman89US #64
#62Stanley88US #41
#63Everett87US #95
#64Leroy87US #55
#65Glen84US #119
#66Marion83US #102
#67Clifford82US #62
#68Alfred81US #43
#69Cecil81US #79
#70Lewis79US #71
#71Jesse77US #77
#72Clyde75US #69
#73Daniel71US #49
#74Leo71US #50
#75Claude68US #96
#76Vernon68US #68
#77Samuel66US #44
#78Don62US #136
#79Homer61US #105
#80Victor60US #83
#81Willard59US #89
#82Delbert58US #156
#83Lowell57US #199
#84Billy56US #109
#85Theodore56US #65
#86Keith55US #153
#87Morris53US #104
#88Philip52US #72
#89Andrew51US #51
#90Gilbert51US #103
#91Harvey51US #87
#92Oscar50US #92
#93Leon49US #74
#94Benjamin47US #82
#95Anthony46US #40
#96Lee46US #86
#97Gene45US #170
#98Edgar44US #90
#99Hubert43US #115
#100Forrest42US #180

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑29Patricia#69
↑23Wanda#48
↑22Phyllis#25
↑21Jeanne#72
↑21Homer#79
↑19Alma#60
↑19Beulah#64
↑18Marian#58

Falling

↓28Ann#95
↓22Leona#80
↓19Grace#68
↓19Gertrude#82
↓18Lee#96
↓17Stanley#62
↓17Edgar#98
↓16Geneva#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.